As for the slight fudging of the 30th anniversary date — Everybody Loves Raymond premiered in September 1996, Rosenthal isn’t worried about it. “I have two answers for that,” he said. “One is they wanted it now, so who cares? The other is, Ray and I met 30 years ago, and I wrote the pilot 30 years ago. So in essence the show was born 30 years ago.”

During the show's 30th anniversary reunion special on Monday, it was revealed whether or not a revival of the sitcom would ever happen.

Everybody Loves Raymond' star Ray Romano & creator Phil Rosenthal go behind the scenes of the 30th anniversary special and answer burning questions.

The emotional reunion revealed the real stories behind iconic episodes, and paid tribute to Doris Roberts, Peter Boyle, and Sawyer Sweeten.